'Deadly blasts' in China's restive Xinjiang region
XINJIANG. KAZINFORM - Two people have been killed and others hurt in a series of blasts in China's Xinjiang region, Chinese media say.
A local Communist Party news portal said the explosions took place in at least three locations in Luntai county.
Xinjiang has suffered unrest in recent months amid tensions between the local Uighurs, a Muslim Turkic people, and Han Chinese settlers, BBC informs.
In July, dozens were killed and injured in violence at police and government buildings near the city of Kashgar.
Two days later, the imam of a mosque in Kashgar, the largest mosque in China, was killed in an apparent targeted attack.
Earlier on Sunday, state media had reported that 17 police officers and officials had been punished over the two incidents, though did not specify how.
China blames the unrest on Uighur separatists inspired by overseas terror groups, but activists say Beijing's repressive policies in the region are fuelling violence.